Agócs Gergely

Education: 1983-1987: Secondary School of Architecture, Lucenec (Slovak Rep.) - Geodesy 1987-1988: University of Technical Sciences Kosice (Slovak Rep.) – Faculty of Architecture 1992-1997: Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Faculty of Humanities, - Folklore Department 1997-2000: Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Institute for Musicology, „ Young Researcher ” Scholarship 2000-: Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Doctoral School of Hungarian and Comparative Folklore. Topic of dissertation: Traditional Instrumental Music of Hungarians in Slovakia Professional experience: 1988: Geodézia National Company, Bratislava (Slovak Rep.) – geometer (1988-1990: compulsory military training) 1990: Independent Hungarian Initiative, Bratislava (Slovak Rep.) – program manager 1990-1992: NAP Independent Hungarian Weekly, Bratislava (Slovak Rep.) – editor 1997-2000: Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Institute for Musicology, Folk Music Department 1997-2001: Honvéd Ensemble (professional artistic group), Budapest – musician of Folk music band Hegedős 2001-2005: Hungarian Heritage House, Folk Art Department, Budapest – director 2005-: Hungarian Heritage House, Management, Budapest – researcher, ethnographer Scientific experience: 1986- Folk music research, first of all in the field of music of Hungarians in Slovakia, but my collection contains Slovak, Rutenian, Gipsy, Croatian, German, Rumanian and Polish folk-music recordings 1999-2000: professional manager of the Slovakian part of the program „ Utolsó óra ” („The Last Hour”) for folk music collection, in Fonó Music House (supported by the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Institute for Musicology) 2000: two-week folk music collection tour on the territories of the Cabardin-Balkar, and Karachay-Cherkes republics of the Russian Federation 2003: Conference on Tradition and Nature, chair and organizer (Hungarian Heritage House, Budapest) Performing Art: 1984-1987: Palóc folk dance ensemble, Filakovské Biskupice (Slovak Rep.) – solo dancer 1987-1988: Új Nemzedék folk dance ensemble, Kosice (Slovak Rep.) – dancer 1988-1992: Szőttes folk dance ensemble, Bratislava (Slovak Rep.) – solo singer, wind-instruments 1997-2001: Hegedős band of the Honvéd Ensemble, Budapest - solo singer, wind-instruments 2001-: Fonó Ensemble, Budapest - solo singer, wind-instruments, band leader Awards: 1993: „Young Master of Folk Art” ministerial award (singer, musician soloist category) 1997: Martin György Foundation, Competition, 2nd prize (for the study „Egy szürke meg egy hamuszín galamb” – A hagyományos szellemi kultúra egy nógrádi magyar pásztor életében” – Traditional Intellectual Culture in the Life of a Hungarian Shepherd from the Nógrád County 2003: „Choc de l'anné” Prize of Le Monde de la Musique, Paris (for the CD Mixtura Cultivalis) Public education: 1990: Founder of Hungarian Folklore Society in Slovakia 1990-1999: Music manager of Táncház Festivals in Slovakia – Dunajská Streda, Komárno (Slovak Rep.) 1993-1996: Publicist of the Slovak Program of the Hungarian Radio 1995, 1996, 1999: National Táncház Festival and Crafs Market, Budapest – organizer 1991-2002: Professional manager of folk music camps of the Hungarian Folklore Society in Slovakia 2002: Festival manager of the Folklore Meeting of the Countries of the Visegrad Cooperation, Professional coordinator of „Ungheria in Primo Piano” – folklore section of the Hungarian Cultural Year in Italy Education: courses and workshops: 1994-1997: Folklore Summer Camp, Jászberény (folk songs) 1998-2001: Folklore Camp of Hungarian Folklore Society in Slovakia (folk songs, flute, tárogató) 1998-2004: Egyszólam Folk Music Camp, Váralja (master course in folk singing) 2000-2001: Miskolc University, Cultural and Visual Anthropology, „Anthropology of Music Culture”, tutorial 2000-2001: Two-year course for folk dance teachers organized by the Hungarian Folklore Society in Slovakia, „General basics of folklore”, tutorial 2003-2004: Secondary Music School, Vác, teacher (folklore, folk music theory and history)